We have a winner - 2 in one paragraph

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  1. Andy Mac

    Andy Mac Well-Known Member

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    I'll take it as complimentary though .......

    Stoke's Michael O'Neill: "We knew coming here what type of game it would be. It was a case at times of getting to the ball, playing it forward and making life difficult for the opposition. I have to say that Barnsley are very good at how they play and put great pressure on you. Tonight, we gave ourselves a difficult task conceding so early in the game.

    "You can't give a team like Barnsley oxygen and we gave them oxygen with the goal that they scored. We had good opportunities that we didn't take in the first half and it was at times a little bit frustrating with our final choice of pass. Ultimately, when you're behind to a team like Barnsley, you have to play common-sense football and we didn't demonstrate enough common sense."
     
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    It's not a derogatory "teams like Barnsley" though. In fact, it's getting to the point where "teams like Barnsley" is starting to be used a compliment, rather than an insult...
     
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    Yeah!
    Keep going under the radar and having teams under estimate us, that's fine by me :)
     
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    Agreed, I started it with 'complimentary'
     
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    You're right. Missed that, sorry...
     
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    Loved the "Teams like Barnsley" flag in the Ponty!
     
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    When considering a BBS user name ah thowt about TLB
     
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    A very important missing "s". I think what he was intending to say was "a team that plays like Barnsley". I don't find this in the least dismissive, on the contrary I think it's a sort of complement.
     
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    I think it's a bit of a complimentary "team's like Barnsley" on this occassion.
     
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    I take it he means "Teams like Barnsley who have very little financial resource historically, can't spend vast sums, have a relatively small but passionate fanbase compared to the more plastic clubs, are not Sky TV material (unless playing Chelsea), whose players are unfashionable and mostly unkown but who have huge strength of character, determination, drive, passion and a way of playing that's upsetting to those who think size is everything and the more you spend the greater will be your success. And like many others before us, they found us out"
    That sort of Team Like Barnsley

    I believe the rest of the division, and beyond, are watching us with great interest
     
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    Like the term “teams like Barnsley “from complementary or derogatory angle just love it♥️
     
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